Birthday Weekend

Jfer celebrated her birthday today, with family in town and some sophisticated baking on my part. When asked what kind of cake she wanted, she replied that she'd like the meringue cake she had in Pargue. I couldn't find an exact recipe for that (especially considering that she didn't share much of the original cake when she was devouring it) but I did discover something pretty close. So this Chocolate Cinnamon Hazelnut Meringue Cake has Jfer's full endoresement. It's a bit on the sweet side for my taste, but it was fun to make and definitely an unusual cake. If anyone makes it, I recommend that they use twice as much whipped cream than specified in the recipe.

Rita came for the weekend and joined us when we went dancing with Archie and Jessica. It had been way too long and our stamina and feet aren't used to it. but all of us, including Rita and Magda, had a very good time.

Today we were supposed to go to Wurstfest. Alas, out house painters needed access to an open front door (which is now a deep red) and we couldn't find a house sitter on a short notice. So we spent a fairly relaxing and unproductive day in Austin. As it turned out, this allowed me to not miss my mom's phone call. I had to laugh that she doubted it was actually Magda saying "tata" and "mama" over the phone -- she thought it was Rita fakin' it. Where's the trust?